Finger Lakes

Finger Lakes
Satellite view of the Finger Lakes region in late fall. Lake Ontario can be seen at the top left.
Location	New York
Coordinates	42°40′N 76°50′W / 42.667°N 76.833°W / 42.667; -76.833
Type	Finger lakes
Part of	Lake Ontario Basin
Primary outflows	Oswego River
Basin countries	United States
Settlements	Ithaca, Geneva, Canandaigua

The eleven Finger Lakes of New York State.

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The Finger Lakes are a group of eleven long, narrow, roughly north–south lakes located directly south of Lake Ontario in an area called the Finger Lakes region in New York, in the United States. This region straddles the northern and transitional edge of the Northern Allegheny Plateau, known as the Finger Lakes Uplands and Gorges ecoregion, and the Ontario Lowlands ecoregion of the Great Lakes Lowlands.^[1]

The geological term finger lake refers to a long, narrow lake in an overdeepened glacial valley, while the proper name Finger Lakes goes back to the late 19th century.^[2][3] Cayuga and Seneca Lakes are among the deepest in the United States, measuring 435 and 618 feet (133 and 188 m), respectively, with bottoms well below sea level. Though none of the lakes' widths exceed 3.5 miles (5.6 km), Seneca Lake is 38.1 miles (61.3 km) long, and at 66.9 square miles (173 km²) is the largest in total area.^[2]